Re: [PATCH] kernel/power/hibernate.c: be sure of 'start' is not bigger than 'stop'

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Mon 2014-04-21 21:40:27, Chen Gang wrote:
> For do_div(), it need 'u64' type, which means the outside must be sure
> of 'start' is not bigger than 'stop', or it will report warning.
> 
> The related warning (with allmodconfig for unicore32):
> 
>     CC      kernel/power/hibernate.o
>   kernel/power/hibernate.c: In function ‘swsusp_show_speed’:
>   kernel/power/hibernate.c:237: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@gmail.com>

>  {
> -	s64 elapsed_centisecs64;
> +	u64 elapsed_centisecs64;
>  	int centisecs;
>  	int k;
>  	int kps;
>  
>  	elapsed_centisecs64 = timeval_to_ns(stop) - timeval_to_ns(start);
> +	if ((s64)elapsed_centisecs64 < 0) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "PM: stop: %llu < start %llu\n",
> +			timeval_to_ns(stop), timeval_to_ns(start));
> +		return;
> +	}
>  	do_div(elapsed_centisecs64, NSEC_PER_SEC / 100);
>  	centisecs = elapsed_centisecs64;
>  	if (centisecs == 0)

Quite a lot of code to shut up warning in mostly debugging
function... is there alternative method of shutting it up? Have you
seen < 0 values in wild? Is it worth handing that situation?
									Pavel
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